Paul Schwennesen

Paul Schwennesen is the Owner of Double Check Ranch in Tucson, Arizona. He has written and spoken extensively on free market environmentalism and agricultural policy in venues as disparate as FOX news, American Spectator, The Freeman and The Huffington Post. Mr. Schwennesen, a captain in the United States Air Force Reserve, served as a Foreign Area Officer, Maintenance Officer, and Acquisitions Program Manager on active duty and served a combat-zone deployment to Afghanistan. He holds a Masters of Liberal Arts in Government from Harvard University and a dual B.S. in History and Science (Biology) from the United States Air Force Academy.

Articles by Paul Schwennesen

The command-and-control viewpoint isn’t illogical. The American food supply is one of the safest in the world. But I submit that the current system fails to tap creative, market-based incentives to further improve food safety.